Devon Energy Center

[earlywinegareth]

Wouldn't it be great if we had another big skyscraper project lined up to keep these nice construction folks in town?

[Thunder]

Wouldn't it be great if we had another big skyscraper project lined up to keep these nice construction folks in town?

The concrete company has rumor circulating that another tower is coming, but there is no official announcement. Its a race with OKCTalk vs NewsOK on being first to break the news. :-) I'm betting the huge block where the Ford dealership used to be across from the Ford Center will be the next tower.

[kevinpate]

The concrete company has rumor circulating that another tower is coming, but there is no official announcement. Its a race with OKCTalk vs NewsOK on being first to break the news. :-) I'm betting the huge block where the Ford dealership used to be across from the Ford Center will be the next tower.

You mean the convention center location? Nah. It's not likely to go all towerish.

[UptownGirl]

The block where the Ford dealership was is the site that was chosen for the new convention center.

[Thunder]

You mean the convention center location? Nah. It's not likely to go all towerish.

That lot is not big enough for a convention center. lol

[UnFrSaKn]

[Thunder]

Phenomenal job, William.

Those guys working on the steel beams sure look tiny!!! :-O

[Milan]

it sure does not look like they will reach full heighth by the end of the month.

[jn1780]

it sure does not look like they will reach full heighth by the end of the month.

Some of that steel may be at full height if not close to it. Looks like more steel will go directly in front of the steel already installed.

Edit:

Yeah, it looks like the top of that steel is the very top of the building judging from the diagram Pete posted.

Finally got my hands on a detailed drawing and can confirm the final height of the building will be 844 feet.

More specific details:

Levels 1-6: 20 feet
Levels 7-46: 14 feet 8 inches
Levels 47-50 (will be labeled 47, 49, 50 and 51): 19 feet 6 inches
Crown (labeled 52): 59 feet 3 inches


Not counting the first steel going in for the crown, we are at 784 feet currently:

[OKC@heart]

Regarding the Yellow steel columns & Beams that span the openings at the inverted triangle upon close inspection thanks to the video William so graciously provided, seem to confirm to me that they are likely not temporary in nature as they were manufactured for that specific size and opening and are in and of themselves steel structural elements that I believe to be Fire proofed with Intumescent Paint. This is only a guess but I think that there is far too much steel and detail in the connections that they make with the concrete structure for them to be anything else, in my opinion. Steel in this case would allow for a much clearer view out rather than much larger and deeper concrete beam sections that would have been required had it been used there. As was stated earlier time will tell for sure, but I thought that I would throw in my observation. I do not know however why they would have chosen yellow for the color of the intumescent paint as you can do quite a number of colors that would be less stark, such as grey, black or white even. That is the one area of weakness that my theory has, unless they are intending to clad the members in some other decorative finish or conceal in another way. But then I would think you opt for another method (less expensive) fireproofing. Either way it will be interesting to see the answer revealed to us as it progresses.

[earlywinegareth]

From William's video - those dudes welding way on top of the steel framework - holy cow! NERVES OF STEEL. Would enjoy seeing an interview on them.

[Thunder]

Does anyone know if Devon is within the digital age? I want to contact the Management/Administration, but they only have landline telephone contact. No email. Does anyone have an email contact to them?

[Just the facts]

I do not know however why they would have chosen yellow for the color of the intumescent paint as you can do quite a number of colors that would be less stark, such as grey, black or white even. That is the one area of weakness that my theory has, unless they are intending to clad the members in some other decorative finish or conceal in another way.

When yellow beams are illuminated at night they make a pretty dramatic effect. These are the yellow cables of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge illuminated at night. If the lights moved it would look like a flame.



This is what they look like during the day.

[kevinpate]

Does anyone know if Devon is within the digital age? I want to contact the Management/Administration, but they only have landline telephone contact. No email. Does anyone have an email contact to them?

http://devonenergy.com/global/Pages/contacts.aspx

[Pete]

The red below approximates the placement of the steel to date:

[Aurora5000]

Wow, I went by the Devon Tower yesterday. It is quite a sight !!

[DelCamino]

Thanks Pete....I've been trying to figure out the placement.

[Pete]

You can now see on the construction cam that they are in the process of erecting the same sort of structure on the north side.

I assume they will do this on all three sides then start to fill in the taller pieces.

[yukong]

Looks somewhat like they are erecting grandstands on the roof. Now that would be cool. A new arena in the sky for the Thunder.

[BB37]

Looks somewhat like they are erecting grandstands on the roof. Now that would be cool. A new arena in the sky for the Thunder.

That would give a whole new meaning to the phrase "nosebleed seats."

[Steve]

Lets take a moment to reflect back on history.

It was four years, one month, and eleven days ago when Pete first broke the news to us.

http://www.okctalk.com/showthread.php?t=10593

Wow..... yeah, it was a groundbreaking day when that happened indeed. I can picture that day as if it was the very first post on the thread you just posted....

[dmoor82]

This photo courtesy of Alonzo Adams photgraphy(http://archive.alonzoadamsphotograph...000RiOS3ANnzqc) shows the rotunda's glass clear at the top but not at the bottom,I wonder if all the glass will be clear like the renderings?I remember a disscussion here last week about the dissapointment about the rotunda glass.

[dankrutka]

This photo courtesy of Alonzo Adams photgraphy(http://archive.alonzoadamsphotograph...000RiOS3ANnzqc) shows the rotunda's glass clear at the top but not at the bottom,I wonder if all the glass will be clear like the renderings?I remember a disscussion here last week about the dissapointment about the rotunda glass.

That glass is all the same. There's just different structures inside of it that make it appear more translucent on the top.

[Watson410]

I think you may have posted the wrong picture, all the glass in the picture you posted is all the same tint... and also, That's not a rendering.

[dmoor82]

I think you may have posted the wrong picture, all the glass in the picture you posted is all the same tint... and also, That's not a rendering.

No, its the right pic,and I know thats not a rendering!